Companionship:

When you long for companionship

“Then the Lord God made a woman…and he brought her to the man.” 

--Genesis 2:22 NIV

 

God recognised our need for companionship when He said, “‘It is not good for the man to be alone’…Then…God made a woman…and he brought her to the man” (vv. 18, 22 NIV). Most of us are social beings who are at our best around others. We garner energy and support from them. But there are those who feel a sense of shame over admitting their loneliness. They long for people to share their lives with but feel they must pretend they don’t need anyone.

You should not feel shame for wanting love and social connection. 

Admitting your desire to be loved and taking a step toward involvement actually requires courage. Accepting that you are a person who needs to connect is healthy. 

But problems arise when your need for companionship controls you. When you compromise your values in order to be accepted, the results are always negative. Clinging to other people without understanding who they are or what they represent is unhealthy. And the ramifications can have not only lifelong effects but sometimes also life-threatening consequences. Wise decisions about relationships are never to be made with a mind ruled by fear of loneliness or desperation. If that’s where you are, being single is a better alternative right now. It need only be temporary.

 

 So do these three things: (1) Ask God to guide you: “God sets the lonely in families” (Psalm 68:6 NIV). (2) Live by the values you’d want your loved one to hold as well. (3) Start with what you have to give and share with others, rather than with your unmet needs.

Soul Food: Deut 30:1–32:28 Matt 10:1–10 Ps 62 Pro 12:18–19

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( from Digital Anvil)

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Netanyahu Leads in Election Bid in Israel:

Netanyahu Confounds Pollsters again, Leads all Parties in Israeli Election Bid.

JERUSALEM, Israel – With nearly 100 percent of the votes counted on Thursday morning from Israel's election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud Party again confounded the pollsters and gained more votes than any other party, making him the leading candidate to form the next government.

Addressing his supporters early on Wednesday, Netanyahu declared, "The right-wing bloc has a clear, decisive majority among the Zionist public. And among the Jewish public and all those who support the Jewish state, this is what has become clear – a decisive majority." 

With a predicted 54 Knesset seats in the prime minister's bloc, Likud is still short of the 61-seat majority needed to form a government. The results seemed to upend the so-called "change" bloc of Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar Party. 

One of the surprises in the elections was a stunning turnout in the Arab sector, bringing the two Arab parties to their highest vote total in history, possibly blocking Netanyahu and Eisenkot from reaching a majority unless they work together. (Arab Israelis comprise about 20 % of the Israel's population )

Dr. A.J. Nolte, founder of Regent University's Israel Institute, explained during CBN News' live election coverage why no one wants to form a government with the Arab parties.

"Well, the Arab parties are non-Zionist, " Nolte noted. "So, they don't accept the Jewish nature of Israel as a state. And after October 7th, there's been a sense among a lot of the Zionist Jewish voters that rewarding that sort of opposition to Zionism with seats in the next government would send a bad message."
 

He also insisted that this is the time to deal with the regime in Iran.

"I want to tell you, Israel is facing a historic opportunity, once and for all, with our partner, President Trump, to remove the existential threat from Iran," he exhorted.

At Likud Party headquarters on Tuesday, Israeli analyst Elie Pieprz told CBN News he believes Netanyahu will reach out to Eisenkot to form a unity government, which would help in the battle against Iran...

Pieprz continued, "And I think that we have that an immense opportunity to continue the fight against Iran with Prime Minister Netanyahu (and) President Trump together. I think that can happen."

Pulse of Israel's Avi Abelow told us that the high voter turnout in Israel can be attributed to an awakening to how Israel's enemies are trying to destroy the Jewish state, and it sends a message to Americans.

"Everyone, strengthen your faith," he urged. "God is running the world. God's people and Jewish state of Israel are here on the front line, defending the whole freedom-loving world. No matter the pressure, no matter the lies. Stand strong with the Jewish people and the Jewish state of Israel. We've got your back."

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My thanks to CBN News for this [edited] article.

From Digital Anvil.

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The Flaw in Thinking: 

 

 It explains the realism underlying the philosophy of Christian realism—there is and will always be a fatal moral defect in all human thinking.

 

 This means that no human thinking is ever truly disinterested and at some point it always goes wrong, and at its extremes it will become foolish and even dark and mad. Also, there will always be the phenomenon of “unintended consequences,” because the element of the unforeseen in the best human knowledge will always upset the best of human foresight.

 Conversely, it explains why no one is ever completely wrong—there is always a mixture of truth in even the falsest and most dangerous of worldviews.
It explains why non-Christians can be “better people” than Christians, and why there are always redeeming features in the worst of people—whether they know God or not, and whatever they say about God, they are still made in the image of God and capable of humanity


Os Guinness, Fool’s Talk:

 

From Digital Anvil.

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 Unloved vs Loved:

 

You, even on your worst day, are not unloved. 

 

 You might say, "What? That's nonsense! Of course, I'm unloved on my worst day!"

 

If i were loved,i would be speaking and many would  listen  with love.

Worst day= unloved day.

Loved time = best time.

Of course if i were performing optimally  my boss would,my friends would and my family would love and trumpet my victory.

It would be even better than in the days of old England, a(social media) towncrier would swing a small bell, ring out a tempo with startling tones and shout out my "applause." 

I would celebrate success and have many turn their heads,eyes and smiles onto me. When I succeed, endorphins flood my soul.

But instead when everybody is against me.

When i fail, cortisol floods my soul.

So don't tell me  this nonsense!

Hey listen...

even on your worse day the True One loves you. You don't need to live and love performatively. Remember human love is largely conditional.

 But extravagant Love from the True One  lives and pours  unashamedly onward,displayed with the persistence of the shine of the Sun (in outer space.)

Yet this metaphor fails to describe the stability, trustworthiness and overall other -loveliness of the enduring Love of GOD.

Un-like any Love You have experienced before, immortal,immutable immeasurable Love can pour into you and your life. More than a Mum,a Dad a Grandparent, Partner or Spouse, GOD loves, evermore....

Check out other positive sources and search for  Un- conditional Love.

Or ask a gentle, kindly Christian today?

Believe it or not.

By Digital Anvil

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The Paths to your Destiny:

“I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is good for you and leads you along the paths you should follow.” Isaiah 48:17 NLT

You’ll probably travel several different paths on your way to your destiny.

 When Luciano Pavarotti was a boy, his grandmother believed he would do something great. She had dreams of him becoming a banker! Instead, he became a schoolteacher. He taught primary school for a while, occasionally singing at special events. His father was the one who challenged him to develop his voice, telling him he was settling far short of his potential.

Finally, at age twenty-two, Pavarotti stopped teaching to sell insurance. He continued to look for something stable on which he could rely financially in case he could not make it in the music world. The insurance business allowed him time to take voice lessons, and, as they say, “The rest is history.”

 Looking back, Pavarotti regarded his voice training as one of the most significant decisions of his life and encouraged others not to settle for less than their potential. It takes courage to leave a position you consider safe and launch out in a new direction, but without risk, you may never realise your potential or know all God created you to be.

 In the words of motivational speaker Leo Buscaglia, “The greatest risk of all is to take no risk because the person who risks nothing accomplishes nothing, has nothing, feels nothing, and, in the end, becomes nothing.” 

God may lead you along several different paths on your way to your destiny, but if you submit to His will and follow His guidance, you can be confident that He is directing your steps.

SoulFood: Exo 22–24 John 4:1–12 Ps 89:15–37 Pro 

Many thanks to Vision.org.au

From Digital Anvil.

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Life, Courage and Meaning:

 Life,Courage and Meaning:

 

 ( What's love got to do with it?)

Life never guarantees happiness, but it does offer each of us meaning. 

Perhaps when we look after number one too much,we forgo the Happiness and Meaning of helping others find Happiness and Meaning. 

What do You think or feel?

Given that every life matters, including our own, we all attempt to preserve it.

Heroes give up their own right to life and attempt to save and preserve the right to life of others. We as a society, applaud the acts of heroism and rightly so. We reward courage, determination and risk-taking, whether in a war hero,a billionaire or stay at home Mum.

Likely you were surprised by the inclusion of a Mum in the above statement? Did this really seem unlikely? Did you honestly think that acts of heroism are limited to  war and conflict/risk in industry 🤔 ?

Ask yourself why you thought that way? Are the acts of heroism limited to the threats to life or the 'ordinary' acts of courage and selflessness in mundane life?

( Opinion )

at 25/10/26.

 By Digital Anvil

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